The Senate Appropriations Committee has tagged $25 million for construction of an agricultural research facility at Nebraska Innovation Campus.
The appropriation will further development of the $140 million National Center for Resilient and Regenerative Precision Agriculture, which is anticipated to begin construction next year.
Sen. Deb Fischer, who sponsored the appropriation, said in a statement the research center funding was one of three Nebraska-based projects included in the Senate's ag budget this year.
The Appropriations Committee also voted 28-0 to advance $3 million in funding to the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and $1 million for the National Ag Producers Data Cooperative also led by UNL.